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Games like Slime Buddy Time

Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to Slime Buddy Time for fans of indie, casual, early access, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Slime Buddy Time also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Slime Buddy Time: Take care of your slime pet in a cozy world! Play minigames, level up, unlock cute items, and customize your buddy and its home. Keep up to 3 fluffy companions while you work or study. Relax, decorate, and enjoy adorable company—you won’t feel alone anymore.

2026IndieCasualEarly Access7.19 USDWindowsby Panda_Engine
Slime Buddy Time — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Boing Boing Animals — Steam game cover

    Boing Boing Animals

    Top pick for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Raise Tamagotchi-style pixel animal friends right on your desktop! Care for slimes from outer space and help them grow into bouncy 'Boing Boing' Earth animals. Feed and play with your adorable friends while completing the Codex! Your tiny companions will always be by your side.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
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    Swish Ball Clicker — Steam game cover

    Swish Ball Clicker

    Second-strongest match for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    A cute, pixel-art, incremental basketball idler that every click is a swish. Automate your shots, upgrade your players, and go from being rookie to an ALL-STAR in this relaxing 2D indie baller. Perfect game to keep open in the background while you work.

    SportsIndieSimulationSteam ↗
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    Fish to Cats: Catch & Feed — Steam game cover

    Fish to Cats: Catch & Feed

    Third-strongest match for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Loads of fish! Loads of cats! Sail out to sea, charm every furball on Cat Island with fresh catch. Live your cozy ocean cat life!

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗
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    Stay: Your Forever Pet! — Steam game cover

    Stay: Your Forever Pet!

    Ranked #4 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Meet Ember, your furry magical companion! Bring her home, care for her, and discover the extraordinary world of the Otherlands together. Stay: Your Forever Pet! is brought to you by the team behind the VR title Stay: Forever Home.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
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    Meow Time: cozy cat room — Steam game cover

    Meow Time: cozy cat room

    Ranked #5 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Decorate a cozy little room, raise an adorable kitten, and improve your focus with a variety of simple and practical tools. Spend this wonderful time with your cute kitten! The longer you spend with your feline friend, the more surprises await you!

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
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    Boba Simulator : Idle Shop Management — Steam game cover

    Boba Simulator : Idle Shop Management

    Ranked #6 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Boba Tea shop simulator. Manage recipe, stock and customer satisfaction.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    100 Cats Singapore — Steam game cover

    100 Cats Singapore

    Ranked #7 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Find 100 Cats hidden in Singapore! Can you find them all? 😺

    2024IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
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    NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws — Steam game cover

    NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws

    Ranked #8 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    A warm and cozy desktop cat companion game. Let Miino keep you company while you work or study, focus with Pomodoro, Lo-Fi, to-do lists, and white noise; collect Headgear and decorations, decorate your room, join the Online Study Room, go fishing, and build your own relaxing desktop space.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Slime Buddy Time at current Steam store prices.

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    POSTAL 2 — Steam game cover

    POSTAL 2

    Priced ~86% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Buckshot Roulette — Steam game cover

    Buckshot Roulette

    Priced ~58% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    GRIS — Steam game cover

    GRIS

    Priced ~48% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Test — Steam game cover

    The Test

    Priced ~72% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk — Steam game cover

    Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    Priced ~79% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Blood and Bacon — Steam game cover

    Blood and Bacon

    Priced ~86% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Crypt of the NecroDancer — Steam game cover

    Crypt of the NecroDancer

    Priced ~58% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    A Short Hike — Steam game cover

    A Short Hike

    Priced ~45% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    The Looker — Steam game cover

    The Looker

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Slime Buddy Time

How much does Slime Buddy Time cost?
Slime Buddy Time is listed on Steam at 7.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Slime Buddy Time?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slime Buddy Time are Boing Boing Animals, Swish Ball Clicker, Fish to Cats: Catch & Feed.
Who developed Slime Buddy Time?
Slime Buddy Time was developed by Panda_Engine.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Slime Buddy Time.

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